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The 66th annual '''[[Venice Film Festival]]''' will be held from September 2 to 12, 2009. [[Ang Lee]] will be this year's President of the Jury.<ref name="BBC News">{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7915196.stm |title=BBC News: Ang Lee to head Venice festival |accessdate=2009-03-12|work=BBC News}}</ref>
The 66th annual '''[[Venice Film Festival]]''' will be held from September 2 to 12, 2009. [[Ang Lee]] will be this year's President of the Jury.<ref name="BBC News">{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7915196.stm |title=BBC News: Ang Lee to head Venice festival |accessdate=2009-03-12|work=BBC News}}</ref>
this year's host is well-known [[Moroccan]] actor [[ilyass derfouf]].<ref>www.magazine-avantages.fr/,66e-mostra-de-venise-le-festival-international-d-art-cinematographique,143,7269.asp </ref><ref>http://www.aufaitmaroc.com/fr/loisirs/culture/article/66eme-mostra-de-venise-lacteur-marocain-ilyass-derfouf-devrait-assurer-la-ceremonie-de-cloture/</ref></references>

==Festival line-up==
==Festival line-up==
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Revision as of 14:37, 10 September 2009

66th Venice International Film Festival
LocationVenice, Italy
Founded1932
AwardsGolden Lion
Silver Lion
Festival dateSeptember 2 – September 12, 2009
Websitehttp://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/

The 66th annual Venice Film Festival will be held from September 2 to 12, 2009. Ang Lee will be this year's President of the Jury.[1] this year's host is well-known Moroccan actor ilyass derfouf.[2][3]</references>

Festival line-up

English title Original title Director(s) Country
Opener Baaria - La porta del vento[4] Giuseppe Tornatore  Italy
Closer Chengdu, I Love You Fruit Chan & Cui Jian  China

Films in competition

The following 24 films competed for the Leone d'oro.[5]

English title Original title Director(s) Country
Baarìa Baaria - La porta del vento Giuseppe Tornatore  Italy/ France
Soul Kitchen Fatih Akin  Germany
The Double Hour La doppia ora Giuseppe Capotondi  Italy
Persécution Patrice Chéreau  France
Accident Yi ngoi Cheang Pou-Soi  Hong Kong/ China
Lo spazio bianco Francesca Comencini  Italy
White Material Claire Denis  France
Mr Nobody Jaco van Dormael  Canada/ Belgium/ France
A Single Man Tom Ford  United States
Lourdes Jessica Hausner  Austria
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans Werner Herzog  United States
The Road John Hillcoat  United States
Between Two Worlds Ahasin Wetei Vimukthi Jayasundara  Sri Lanka
The Traveller El Mosafer Ahmed Maher  Egypt
Lebanon Levanon Samuel Maoz  Israel
Capitalism: A Love Story Michael Moore  United States
Women Without Men Zanan-e bedun-e mardan Shirin Neshat  Germany
Il grande sogno Michele Placido  Italy/ France
36 Views from the Pic Saint-Loup 36 vues du Pic Saint-Loup Jacques Rivette  Italy/ France
Survival of the Dead George Romero  United States
Life During Wartime Todd Solondz  United States
The Bullet Man Tetsuo Project Shinya Tsukamoto  Japan
Prince of Tears Lei wangzi(淚王子) Yonfan  China/ Hong Kong/ Taiwan
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done Werner Herzog  United States

Films out of competition

The following films were shown out of competition:

English title Original title Director(s) Country
Brooklyn's Finest Antoine Fuqua  United States
Chengdu, I Love You Fruit Chan & Cui Jian  China
Delhi 6 दिल्ली 6 Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra  India
Dev.D Anurag Kashyap  India
Gulaal गुलाल Anurag Kashyap  India
L'oro di cuba Giuliano Montaldo  Italy
Le ombre rosse Francesco Maselli  Italy
Napoli Napoli Napoli Abel Ferrara  Italy
Prove per una tragedia siciliana Roman Paska & John Turturro  Italy
REC 2 Jaume Balagueró & Paco Plaza  Spain
Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story Ehki ya shahrazade Yousry Nasrallah  Egypt
South of the Border Oliver Stone  United States
The Hole in 3D Joe Dante  United States
The Informant! Steven Soderbergh  United States
The Men Who Stare at Goats Grant Heslov  United States
Toy Story 3D John Lasseter  United States
Toy Story 2 3D John Lasseter, Ash Brannon & Lee Unkrich  United States
Valhalla Rising Nicolas Winding Refn  Denmark/ United Kingdom
Yona Yona Penguin Yonayona pengin Rintaro  Japan/ France

References

  1. ^ "BBC News: Ang Lee to head Venice festival". BBC News. Retrieved 2009-03-12.
  2. ^ www.magazine-avantages.fr/,66e-mostra-de-venise-le-festival-international-d-art-cinematographique,143,7269.asp
  3. ^ http://www.aufaitmaroc.com/fr/loisirs/culture/article/66eme-mostra-de-venise-lacteur-marocain-ilyass-derfouf-devrait-assurer-la-ceremonie-de-cloture/
  4. ^ "BBC News:Venice announces Italian opener". BBC News. Retrieved 2009-06-11.
  5. ^ 66th Venice Film Festival Line Up